[Qemu-devel] [Bug 589827] Re: QEMU netdev tap type id name is not used on linux host

Thanks to IRC, the correct syntax is: -netdev tap,id=asa1_eth0_tap,ifname=asa1_eth0_tap -device e1000,netdev=asa1_eth0_tap,mac=00:aa:cd:dd:01:01 (noted, fd=h option doesn't work on -netdev) -- QEMU netdev tap type id name is not used on linux host https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/589827 You recei

[Qemu-devel] [Bug 589827] [NEW] QEMU netdev tap type id name is not used on linux host

Public bug reported: Tested with 0.12.3, 0.12.4, and latest git as of 4 jun 2010. The new -netdev type seems to ignore manual specifications of tap ifname. qemu-system-x86_64 -hda disk.img -netdev tap,id=ids_e0 -device e1000,netdev=ids_e0 **creates tap0 instead of ids_e0. tap0 passes traff